. >> today, what's the entire first debate between president obama and mitt romney from the university of denver at noon eastern on c-span. today an interview with former presidential candidate ross perot by richard wolf. he talks about the state of the economy, the deficit and the debt and how it has changed since his campaign. here is a portion of the interview. >> if i had three wishes, strong, moral, ethical base. i had that would was growing up and enter the depression. a strong family unit in every home. now the divorce rate is 50%. that is destabilizing. when i grew up and enter the depression, we had the finest public schools -- in the depression, we had the finest public schools. our public schools are at the bottom of the industrialized world. the great state of texas -- that is the country. in the great state of texas where i went to public schools and had a incredible education, it is either 47 or 49 in 50 states. that is our responsibility. we can correct that. but the problems we face now, they are so fundamental about what we must do now. it cannot pass that off to the h